Graduate

The Department of Economics at Middlesex University offers a Behavioural Economics in Action MSc (BEiA MSc) and has a growing PhD programme in Economics. We offer our graduate students a rigorous and relevant training in economics, and provide a setting in which debate and research can flourish. Our graduate courses prepare students for a wide range of careers in academia, government, and business.

The BEiA MSc is a one-year programme. It is the first of its type in Europe and offers a focus on both the theoretical aspects and practial applications of behavioural economics. Those students awarded the Master degree will have acquired an excellent set of skills that will allow them to enter a PhD programme or to go into a technically demanding job.

The PhD programme focuses on the development of students’ research skills and critical thinking. The purpose of the PhD degree programme is to prepare students for careers in research and teaching at academic institutions, consulting or financial firms, and international organisations. Studying Economics at Middlesex University gives you the opportunity to become a part of an active research community.

Due to a high demand for practitioners of behavioural economics, we have
launched a new MSc program Behavioural Economics in Action (BEiA) starting on October 2015. Our program has strong emphasis on real world applications, that is, in action. Applying behavioural economics to real-world problems is becoming increasingly widespread.

Over the past decade, techniques in behavioural economics have been applied by a large number of both private and public sector organisations. These include the Bank of England, Coca-Cola, the Financial Conduct Authority, Google, HMRC, Hyundai, HSBC, Oxfam, VISA and the NHS, while concepts from behavioural economics are widely used in areas such as marketing, organ donor framing, incentives to save, incentives to spend, exercise , education, health etc. There
does not seem to be an aspect of life in which applications from behavioural economics are not relevant

The main findings from behavioural economics are that individuals deviate from optimal behaviour in a consistent and regular manner. Recently policymakers are appreciating the relevance of behavioural economics tools in understanding the behaviour of individuals.